Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly has charges dismissed in migrant shooting case [More]
It says “the judge described the jury as rational and diverse.”
Any bets the one vote against “diverse”?
Category: DGU
We’re the Only Ones Uncommandeered Enough
Sonia Sotomayor saved from danger: Supreme Court Justice’s bodyguard shoots gun-wielding suspect who tried to steal his car outside her DC home [More]
Not that she wants you to be able to do that:
“In sum, the Framers did not write the Second Amendment in order to protect a private right of armed self defense.” — Sotomayor, with the dissent in McDonald
[Via Tacticool Memes]
Onward Christian Soldiers
FAFO
‘I don’t understand why he was shot because there were two men and just him. Why not hold him at gunpoint? Or why not beat him up?’ [More]
Those are all concerns someone with more than a split second to make an unplanned decision where adrenalin is surging might consider afterward.
There’s a better choice that could have been made in the first place.
[Via bondmen]
Uber Driving Customers Wild
Seattle Uber driver charged with rape and kidnapping after attack on female passenger… Investigators said family members assaulted Ali and took the woman out of the car. At some point during the confrontation, the victim’s father fired a gun twice, but the bullets did not strike anyone, according to the report. [More]
Damn policy violater…
So… tell us more about Ali…
[Via Jess]
Bringing a Knife to a Non-Fight
An attempted robbery at a highway rest area in eastern Nebraska left a 72-year-old man dead and a 71-year-old woman critically injured in a knife attack Wednesday, authorities said. [More]
And the @$$hole who did this to them is a 22-year-old male?
Too bad they didn’t avail themselves of an equalizer.
[Via bondmen]
A Professional Opinion
We’re the Only Ones Revealed Enough
More Than Meets the Eye?
A homeowner in Oakland was arrested after shooting and killing a robbery suspect. The 77-year-old homeowner was arrested on suspicion of murder. He remained behind bars on Tuesday while the district attorney considered whether to file charges. [More]
If he listens to his lawyer and keeps his mouth shut, he ought to be able to claim self-defense, but using a stolen gun doesn’t help and they may at least get him on that– assuming he’s not a “prohibited person” and “eligibile” for more, and that this wasn’t a dispute between associates…
[Via 1Gat]
Job One
Should You Use NFA Weapons for Self Defense? A Practical Perspective [More]
Use whatever you can get to in time, and don’t let distractions impede swift action. There’ll be no trumped up charges to face later if you don’t survive.
A Droid’s Gotta Know Its Limitations
Opinion: I study school shootings. Here’s what AI can — and can’t — do to stop them [More]
Fact: It can’t shoot back. (Yet.)
They all have expensive fire control systems, don’t they, even big ones are so rare as to be statistically insignificant?
You see where I’m going with this.
[Via Jess]
Chech and Balances
UPDATE: The Story of a Chechen Shot by a Special Ops Colonel Is Getting Weirder [More]
Sorry, I’m still not convinced it was a good shoot as opposed to “Only Ones” favoritism. Would I have had justification to use lethal force here, or would I be facing charges? Just not enough is known to pick up this banner and start waving it.
As for how the dead man’s family would know stuff that hasn’t been reported yet, I assume they have a lawyer and access to autopsy results and police communications not made public.
[Via Jess]
Chech Your Premises
The Colonel confronted Daraev, an altercation ensued, and Daraev was shot multiple times. [More]
Good thing it was outside Fort Br… uh…Liberty.
Now describe the what an “altercation” justifying lethal force looks like, because the accounts I’ve seen have been light on the details.
[Via bondmen]
Related UPDATE
Tinfoil Haturday: Special Ops Soldier Shoots Illegal Chechen Photographing His Kid, Then it Gets Weird [More]
The plot thickens…
[Via Michael G]
Cooper’s Rule 3 Notwithstanding
That’s when store owner Valerio appears in the video and can be seen trying to pistol-whip Pullatasi, who then drops to the ground having been shot. [More]
Regardless, it sure looks like he’d have been justified if the shot had been intentional. Basically, he got in trouble for trying to be merciful.
Proving a Negative
Received via email from WarOnGuns Correspondent Scott J:
Nearly every time the “news” tells you about a car wreck fatality, they tell you “they were not wearing a seat belt”.
Why don’t they tell you every time a person is attacked and killed, “they were not carrying a gun”?
That presumes it’s “news.”
Asked and Answered
DGU or OGU?
Former US Army sergeant released from prison after Gov. Abbott pardons him for 2020 fatal Black Lives Matter protest shooting [More]
I’m not so sure we should be celebrating…
[Via bondmen]
Think of It as an Audition
“I’ve played law enforcement for 30 years. It’s just so different.” [More]
So assuming celebrities possess the wisdom, authority and virtues of the characters they play, and forming political opinions accordingly, is a mistake?
As for the dog-shooting incident, that clear violation of Instacart policy may open the door to another, more lucrative career.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
Grand Theft Semiauto
Armed Woman Shoots 13-Year-Old Girl Stealing Her Car [Watch]
Democrat policies make absent, immoral, and incompetent parenting inevitable in the populations most vulnerable to them. And that’s where most of the violent crime comes from.
I wonder how the woman with the gun votes.
[Via Jess]
Good Defenses Make Good Neighbors
Armed Veteran Jewelry Store Owner Forces Thief to Leap Through Shattered Window in Omaha [Watch]
Even the ones who end up having to shoot don’t do it because they want to.
[Via Jess]
